At the time I am writing this blog, there are less than 24 hours until the final weigh in for S3 – Our 8 week “Sizzlin’ Summer Slimdown” contest. We have seen some incredible changes in many of our members. Not only in the way they look, but in the way they feel, the sense of purpose and focus to themselves and their health, and as a bonus some pretty drastic fat loss as well!
We have also observed a pretty wide range of emotions as the contest draws to a close and the day of reckoning approaches.
Some of you are excited, some of you are dreading facing the scale, and others are, well, pretty indifferent about the whole thing.
There are three basic outcomes that we will see at the end of the contest. You will have:
- Lost pounds and inches
- Gained pounds and inches
- Stayed the same
I would suggest that how you approach those results, how you feel about how you did as well as the actual results themselves, is actually more important than what happened during this brief 8 week period.
Why?
Because there are reasons why you did or did not succeed to your level of expectation.
In other words your outcome over the last 8 weeks that is an amalgamation of all the choices you have made, for better or worse.
I don’t think it’s going out on a limb to say that those who were committed to their training, nutrition and sleep made great progress, while those who were not, did not.
Now what are you going to do with that?
One definition of insanity is “Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result”.
Were your actions in line with your expectations? Did you do anything different over these last 8 weeks?
Changing your body composition is only easy if you are trying to do one thing – be overfat. Most of us have experienced that – you wake up one day and you weigh 30 pounds more than you did a couple years ago, and you didn’t even have to try!
Going the other way is not that easy, as many of us have also discovered over the years.
But it isn’t rocket science either.
The #1 reason why we don’t make the progress we desire is because we are unwilling to change what we are doing, usually in the area of nutrition.
- Unwilling to record a food diary
- Unwilling to plan and prepare
- Unwilling to limit non-supportive foods
I defy anybody to demonstrate they have taken these three steps over a reasonable period of time (8 weeks maybe?) and not made significant progress toward body composition goals.
I am extremely proud of everyone who made the effort to make the changes necessary to achieve the outcome they desired. I know you will continue on the path you have started.
I want to help those who did not.
Do you really want to make the change necessary to achieve your goals?
I have to believe that you do.
So here is what I want you to do.
Step #1
I want you to go to http://fitday.com and set up your account. Click here to watch our video on how to do that. Make your account public so we can look at it.
Step #2
Talk to Greg, Anne or Stephanie about the results they have achieved over just the last few weeks since they started keeping a food journal.
Step #3
Log your food intake into your account for one week. When you have done that, send me an email and I will not only take a look and evaluate for that week, but put you on my schedule (or Nancy’s if you prefer) to look at it every week, as long as you continue to be consistent.
No other changes, no other hassles, no nothing. Those three simple steps.
This is our gift to you, our current clients. Very soon we will be offering nutrition classes and coaching, and there definitely will be a charge for those. I would strongly encourage you to receive and use this tool.
If you won’t, think long and hard about why not.
I am excited about tomorrow. I am excited to see how you all did. To hear your success stories and your challenges overcome. It has been incredible to see the changes that are being made, and I am more excited than ever about helping you reach your goals.
The only way you can fail is to give up.
Don’t ever, ever, ever give up!
Make It Happen!
Dean
Without further adieu, and so Jill’s head doesn’t explode :), here is the winner of the S3 class participation contest. It was very close among the top 3 in particular – great job everybody!
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